tax research methodology tx 8030. conducting tax research establish facts communicate results...
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Tax Research Methodology
Tx 8030
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Conducting Tax Research
Establish facts
Communicate results
Develop conclusions
Evaluate authority
Locate authority
Identify issues
This course addresses steps __ through __. The other Tx courses will help you
improve at steps __ and __.
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Step 1: Establish Facts
• From where do facts come?
• Gather all relevant facts
• Obtaining additional facts
• Efficiency issues
• Be cognizant of non-tax factors– Estate planning– Financial reporting– Individual taxation
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Step 2: Identify Issues
• What is the “problem with tax problems”?
• Questions of fact and law
• Need for additional facts (looping to step _)
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Step 3: Locate Authority
• Primary vs. secondary authority
• When to consult secondary authority– Clearer or simpler ___________– Saves _____– __________ primary authority– No ________ authority– Avoid _________ issues
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Step 3: Locate Authority(continued)
• Academic research:– Don’t spend too much time looking ___
authority (loop between steps __ and __)– Knowledge of _____ _________ allows tax
researchers to locate more relevant authority
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Step 4: Evaluate Authority• Two sub-steps:
– ___________– ___________
• Reading authority may raise new issues of fact (loop to step __ and step __)
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Step 4: Evaluate Authority(continued)
• Imagined v. true conflicts– Legislative ________ analysis– _________ authority vs. ________ authority– ________ law vs. ____ interpretation
• Academic research: “________” frequently between facts and authority– Builds ______ ______ of research problem– _________ relevance of tax authority
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Step 5: Develop Conclusionsand Recommendations
• Conclusions, not ________
• Be explicit
• __________ recommendations may be necessary
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Step 6: Communicate Results
• Very, very important
• Consider the audience
• See GSU’s M.Tx. Writing Web Site
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Tax Practice by CPAs: Permitted
• Tax compliance
• Tax planning
• Tax research
• Practicing before the IRS
• Practicing before the Tax Court
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Tax Practice by CPAs: Prohibited
• Legal opinion in ________ matter
• _______ legal documents
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Arthur Andersen Complaint
• Texas Supreme Court investigation in 1997
• Anonymous complaint– __________ legal documents– __________ business entities– Preparing written ____ opinions– Practicing before the U.S. ____ Court
• Complaint __________ in 1998